As Frank Zappa Once Said:

The Temptation of Adam

2009-07-08T17:07:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite songs of late... reminiscent of Bob Dylan, but with such a bittersweet beauty in the way he uses the Apocalyptic War metaphor... true genius.

Ladies & Gents, I give you Josh Ritter's The Temptation of Adam, from the album "The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter"...

PS- Josh, come on... we need a new album already. Bring it on dude.

Josh Ritter's The Temptation of Adam
If this was the Cold War we could keep each other warm
I said on the first occasion that I met Marie
We were crawling through the hatch that was the missile silo door
And I don't think that she really thought that much of me

I never had to learn to love her like I learned to love the Bomb
She just came along and started to ignore me
But as we waited for the Big One
I started singing her my songs
And I think she started feeling something for me

We passed the time with crosswords that she thought to bring inside
What five letters spell "apocalypse"? she asked me
I won her over saying "W.W.I.I.I."
She smiled and we both knew that she'd misjudged me

Oh Marie it was so easy to fall in love with you
It felt almost like a home of sorts or something
And you would keep the warhead missile silo good as new
And I'd watch you with my thumb above the button

Then one night you found me in my army issue cot
And you told me of your flash of inspiration
You said fusion was the broken heart that lonelies only thought
And all night long you drove me wild with your equations

Oh Marie do you remember, all the time we used to take?
We'd make our love and then ransack the rations
I think about you leaving now and the avalanche cascades
And my eyes get washed away in chain reactions

Oh Marie if you would stay then we could stick pins in the map
Of all the places where you thought that love would be found
But I would only need one pin to show where my heart's at
In a top secret location three hundred feet under the ground

We could hold each other close and stay up every night
Looking up into the dark like it's the night sky
And pretend this giant missile is an old oak tree instead
And carve our name in hearts into the warhead

Oh Marie there's something tells me things just won't work out above
That our love would live a half-life on the surface
So at night while you are sleeping
I hold you closer just because
As our time grows short I get a little nervous

I think about the Big One, W.W.I.I.I.
Would we ever really care the world had ended?
You could hold me here forever like you're holding me tonight
I look at that great big red button... and I'm tempted

Music Run 2009

2009-05-28T09:12:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time so let's run through this one more time. Last time it took a little less than 2 months to run through the whole thing... This time it will probably take longer than that.

The list is organized alphabetically by album name, and it's aimed to have a good variety while I run through all my collection.

Here we go:

May 28, 2009
001 Juno - A Future Lived in Past Tense
002 David Gray - A New Day at Midnight
003 Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to The Head
004 The Beatles - Abbey Road
005 Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted to Sin

June 01, 2009
006 Muse - Absolution
007 Wilco - A.M.

June 03, 2009
008 U2 - Achtung Baby
009 Various Artists - Across the Universe OMPST
010 Tool - ÆNIMA

June 04, 2009
011 Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
012 Chuck Prophet - Age of Miracles
013 Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
014 Between the Buried and Me - Alaska

June 05, 2009
015 Faith No More - Album of The Year
016 Alejandro Sanz - MTV Unplugged

June 06, 2009
017 Tom Waits - Alice

June 07, 2009
018 Alice In Chains - Alice In Chains
019 Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged

June 08, 2009
020 Explosions in the Sky - All of the Sudden I miss Everyone
021 U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
022 The National - Alligator

June 09, 2009
023 Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
024 Radiohead - Amnesiac

June 09, 2009
025 Amos Lee - Amos Lee
026 The Mars Volta - Amputecture
027 Roger Waters - Amused to Death

June 10, 2009
028 Between the Buried and Me - The Anatomy Of
029 Metallica - ...And Justice For All
XXX The Frames - Another Love Song

June 11, 2009
030 Faith No More - Angel Dust
031 Josh Ritter - The Animal Years

June 12, 2009
032 Pink Floyd - Animals
033 Various Artists - Annual Assault 2008/Roadrunner Records

June 13, 2009
034 Paul Simon - The Anthology
035 Marylin Manson - Antichrist Superstar
036 Primus - Antipop

June 14, 2009
037 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
038 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

June 15, 2009
039 People In Planes - As Far As The Eye Can See
040 Lamb of God - Ashes of The Wake
041 Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison

June 16, 2009
042 Stevie Wonder - At The Close of A Century
043 The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics

June 17, 2009
044 Counting Crows - August and Everything After
045 R.E.M. - Automatic For the People
046 Pinback - Autumn of the Serafs

June 18, 2009
047 Dream Theater - Awake
048 Tori Amos - B Side The Pink
049 AC/DC - Back in Black
050 Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
051 Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas
052 Eels - Beautiful Freak

June 19, 2009
053 Tori Amos - The Beekeper

June 20, 2009
054 Various Artists - Before Sunrise/Before Sunset OMPST
055 Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets

June 21, 2009
056 The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
057 Wilco - Being There
058 Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
059 Ben Folds - Ben Folds Live!

June 22, 2009
060 Leonard Cohen - The Best of
061 Van Morrison - The Best of

June 23, 2009
062 Between The Buried And Me - Between The Buried And Me
063 People In Planes - Beyond The Horizon
064 Rory Gallagher - Big Guns: The Best of Rory Gallagher
065 The Outfield - Big Innings

June 24, 2009
066 Laurie Anderson - Big Science
067 Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & The Groogrux King
068 Billie Holiday - Billie Holliday
069 Eef Barzelay - Bitter Honey
070 Dream Theater - Black Clouds & Silver Linings
071 Soul Asylum - Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum

June 25, 2009
072 MUSE - Black Holes And Revelations
073 Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
074 Opeth - Blackwater Park

June 26, 2009
075 The Old 97's - Blame it on Gravity
076 Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations

June 27, 2009
077 OSI - Blood
078 Tom Waits - Blood Money
079 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
080 Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow

June 28, 2009 <-- 1 month mark
081 Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
082 Pinback - Blue Screen Life
xxx Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
083 Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
084 Tom Waits - Bone Machine
085 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
xxx Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA

June 29, 2009
086 The National - Boxer
087 U2 - Boy
088 Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
089 Marillion - Brave

June 30, 2009
090 Iron Maiden - Brave New World
091 Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
092 Laurie Anderson - Bright Red
093 Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
094 The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers

July 1, 2009
095 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
096 Primus - The Brown Album
xxx John Frusciante - The Brown Bunny
097 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
xxx Deep Purple - Burn
098 The Frames - Burn The Maps
099 Grails - Burning Off Impurities
100 Phil Collins - ...But Seriously

July 2, 2009
101 Los Lobos - By The Light of The Moon
103 Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
104 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
105 Los Dug Dugs - Cambia, Cambia

July 3, 2009
106 Candlebox - Candlebox
107 Los Super Seven - Canto
108 Calexico - Carried To Dust
109 Dredg - Catch Without Arms

July 4, 2009
110 Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
111 Dave McKenna - A Celebration of Hoagy Charmichael
112 Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot
113 Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy

July 5, 2009
114 Yes - Close to the Edge
115 Marillion - Clutching at Straws
116 Steve Morse - Coast to Coast

July 6, 2009
117 Collective Soul - Collective Soul
118 Between The Buried and Me - Colors
119 The Roots - Come Alive
120 Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
121 Michael Bublé - Come Fly With Me
122 Soda Stereo - Confort y Música Para Volar
123 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton

July 7, 2009
124 John Mayer - Continuum
125 The Frames - The Cost
126 Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
127 Rush - Counterparts
128 King Crimson - The Court of The Crimson King

July 8, 2009
129 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
130 Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
131 Dave Matthews Band - Crash
132 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes

July 9, 2009
133 Opeth - Damnation
134 The Frames - Dance The Devil
135 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
136 Dream Theater - Dark Side Of The Moon (Live)- Ytsejam Official Bootleg
137 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town

July 10, 2009
138 The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
139 Chroma Key - Dead Air for Radios
140 Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
141 Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress

July 11, 2009
142 Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather
143 TV on The Radio - Dear Science
144 Metallica - Death Magnetic

July 12, 2009
145 Air Supply - The Definite Collection
146 Opeth - Deliverance
147 Ryan Adams - Demolition
148 Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know

July 13, 2009
149 Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust

July 14, 2009
150 Caifanes - El Diablito
151 Alice in Chains - Dirt
152 King Crimson - Discipline

July 15, 2009
153 Shearwater - The Dissolving Room
154 Live - The Distance to Here
155 R.E.M. - Document
156 Split Whiskers - Done Broke Down

July 16, 2009
157 Serrat & Sabina - Dos Pajaros de un Tiro
158 Soundgarden - Down the Upside
159 Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
160 Sparklehorse - Dreamt For Lightyears in the Belly of a Mountain

July 17, 2009
161 Train - Drops of Jupiter
162 M. Ward - Duet For Guitars #2
163 Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
164 Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
165 Edna Swap - Edna Swap
166 Dredg - El Cielo
167 Betsy Pecanins - El Efecto Tequila
168 Soda Stereo - El Último Concierto A / B

July 18, 2009
169 Eleven - Eleven
170 Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
171 Queensryche - Empire
172 Three - The End Is Begun
173 Clem Snide - End of Love
174 Sabina & Paez - Enemigos Intimos
175 Wilco - Enhanced EP

July 19, 2009 (King for a Day?)
176 Michael Jackson - The Essential
177 Elvis Presley - The Essential Collection

July 20, 2009
178 Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Essential
179 Joaquin Sabina - Esta Boca Es Mia
180 Shearwater - Everybody Makes Mistakes

July 21, 2009
181 Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
182 David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
183 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
184 The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

July 22, 2009
185 Frost* - Experiments in Mass Appeal
182 Robert Fripp - Exposure
183 Joe Satriani - The Extremist
184 Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Face The Truth

July 23, 2009
185 Alice in Chains - Facelift
186 Hootie & The Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson
187 Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity
189 Failure - Fantastic Planet
190 Rush - A Farewell to Kings
191 Phish - Farmhouse
192 Erik Mongrain - Fates
193 Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
194 Nina Simone - Feelin' Good / The Very Best of Nina Simone

July 24, 2009
195 Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
196 Andrew Bird - Fingerlings 3
197 Joaquín Sabina - Física Y Química
198 The Frames - Fitzcarraldo
199 Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
200 Tesla - Five Man Acoustical Jam

July 25, 2009
XXX Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
201 Steve Vai - Flex-able
202 Steve Vai - Flex-able Leftovers
203 Flight of The Conchords - Flight of The Conchords
204 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
205 The Frames - For The Birds
206 Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
207 Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits
208 Tori Amos - Forgotten Earthquakes

July 26, 2009
209 Blues Traveler - Four
210 Genesis - Foxtrot
211 The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army

July 27, 2009
212 O.S.I. - Free

July 28, 2009<-- 2 month mark
213 A Band of Bees - Free The Bees
214 Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
215 Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel
216 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Full Moon Fever
217 The Arcade Fire - Funeral

July 29, 2009
218 Leonard Cohen - The Future
219 Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
220 The Roots - Game Theory
221 Metallica - Garage Inc.

July 30, 2009
222 Calexico - Garden Ruin
223 Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me
224 Wilco - A Ghost is Born
225 Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
226 Opeth - Ghost Reveries
227 Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
228 Spoon - Gimme Fiction

July 31, 2009
229 Spoon - Girls Can Tell
230 Mötley Crüe - Girls Girls Girls
231 The Postal Service - Give Up
232 Björk - Gling-Gló
233 Tom Waits - Glitter & Doom Tour 2008 (Columbus OH)
234 Aerosmith - Gold
235 Ryan Adams - Gold

August 1, 2009
236 Josh Ritter - Golden Age of Radio
237 Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain
238 Jeff Buckley - Grace (Legacy Edition)
239 Rush - Grace Under Pressure
240 Chroma Key - Graveyard Mountain Home
241 Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy
242 The Police - Greatest Hits

August 2, 2009
243 R.E.M. - Green

August 3, 2009
244 Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
245 Dangermouse - The Grey Album
246 Muse - Haarp Tour
247 Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

August 4, 2009
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August 5, 2009
248 Counting Crows - Hard Candy

August 6, 2009
249 The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
250 Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
251 Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine

August 7, 2009
252 Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
253 Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
254 John Mayer - Heavier Things
255 Josh Ritter - Hello Starling
256 The Beatles - HELP!

August 8, 2009
257 Rush - Hemispheres

August 9, 2009
258 Little Beirut - High Dive
259 Bob Dylan - Highway 69 Revisited

August 10, 2009
260 B.B King - His Definitive Greatest Hits
261 Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

August 11, 2009
262 M. Ward - Hold Time
263 Rush - Hold Your Fire
264 Eels - Hombre Lobo
265 Laurie Anderson - Home of The Brave

August 12, 2009
266 The Killers - Hot Fuss
267 Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
268 Various Artists - House MD Soundtrack (Seasons 1 & 2)
269 U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

August 13, 2009
270 Muse - Hullabaloo Soundtrack
271 Antony & The Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
272 Various Artists - I'm Not There OMPST

August 14, 2009
273 Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid
274 Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
275 Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
274 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
275 Dream Theater - Images & Words

August 15, 2009
276 Dream Theater - Images & Words Demos (Official Bootleg)
277 Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
278 Bruce Springsteen - In Concert: MTV (Un)Plugged

August 16, 2009
279 Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War

August 17, 2009
280 Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
281 Radiohead - In Rainbows
282 Josh Ritter - In The Dark: Live at Vicar Street
283 Dixie Dregs - Industry Standard
284 John Mayer - Inside Wants Out
285 Steven Wilson - Insurgentes

August 18, 2009
286 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open
297 Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
298 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

August 19, 2009
300 Jace Everett - Jace Everett
301 Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
302 La Spina, Hersch, Hirschfeld & Bergonzi - Jazz Masters

August 20, 2009
303 Tripping Daisy - Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb
304 Jamie Lidell - Jim
305 Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker: The Anthology
306 Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter
307 U2 - Joshua Tree
308 Various Artists - Juno OMPST

August 21, 2009
309 Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
310 INXS - Kick
311 Wilco - Kicking Television
312 Radiohead - Kid A
313 Los Lobos - Kiko

August 22, 2009
314 Metallica - Kill 'Em All
315 Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
317 Iron Maiden - Killers
318 Megadeth - Killing Is My Business, And Business Is Good
319 Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
320 KISS - KISSology
321 Enio Morricone - La Leggenda del Pianista Sull' Oceano (1900)

August 23, 2009
322 The La's - The La's
323 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
324 Various Artists - Last Action Hero OMPST

August 24, 2009
325 Amos Lee - Last Days At The Lodge
326 Tool - Lateralus
327 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Remasters
328 Bob Marley - Legend
329 Dredg - Leitmotif
330 The Beatles - Let it Be
331 The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed

August 25, 2009
332 Feist - Let it Die
333 Peter Case - Let Us All Praise Sleepy John
334 Laurie Anderson - Life On A String
335 Forward Russia! - Life Processes

August 26, 2009
336 John Mellencamp - Life, Death, Love & Freedom
337 Spock's Beard - The Light
338 Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
339 Dave Matthews Band - The Lilywhite Sessions (The Summer So Far)
340 The Black Crowes - Lions
341 Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment
342 Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2

August 27, 2009
343 Emmit Rhodes - Listen Listen Listen: The Best of Emmit Rhodes
344 Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
345 Leo Kottke - Live

August 28, 2009 <-- 3 month mark
346 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live/1975-85
347 Iron Maiden - Live After Death

August 29, 2009
Well folks, it looks like my little experiment came to an abrupt stop this morning. I got my iPod stolen and that was the main source for the organization of this. I need to figure out a way to finish, or try and reorganize my music once again and maybe in a couple of weeks I'll carry on with this...

Albums left behind "A"
Nat King Cole - Love Songs
Nada Surf - Lucky
Sigur Ros - Me› su› í eyrum vi› spilum end
Frost* - Milliontown
Kevin Moore - Music Meant To Be Heard
Andrew Bird - Music of Hair
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Norah Jones - Not Too Late
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - Oh! The Grandeur
Glen Hansard & Others - Once OMPST
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Noah And The Whale - Peaceful The World Lays Me Down
M Ward - Post-War
Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head
Robert Plant & Allison Krauss - Raising Sand
Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us
John Mayer - Room For Squares
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - The Swell Season
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - The Swimming Hour
Kevin Moore - This is A Recording
Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - Thrills
John Mayer Trio - Try!
Dream Theater - Uncovered 2003-2005 (Official Bootleg)
Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures
Joseph Arthur - Vagabond Skies
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
John Mayer - The Village Sessions
Various Artists - Wall-E OMPST
Rufus Wainwright - Want Two
Joshua Radin - We Were Here
Andrew Bird - Weather Systems
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
U2 - Zooropa
Damien Rice - 9

Top 10 Artists as of

2006-08-11T18:37:00.000-07:00

August 2006
01. Dream Theater
02. Wilco
03. Porcupine Tree
04. Pearl Jam
05. The Beatles
06. Pink Floyd
07. Tori Amos
08. Spock's Beard
09. Radiohead
10. Tool

August 2009
01. Dream Theater
02. Wilco
03. Tori Amos
04. The Beatles
05. Porcupine Tree
06. Pearl Jam
07. John Mayer
08. Josh Ritter
09. Bruce Springsteen
10. Tom Waits

Coheed and Cambria - Live in Mexico City

2006-08-11T18:35:00.000-07:00

Last night... oh boy. It had been a while since I'd enjoyed a show so much. The experience came from a band I discovered recently, and they are surely climbing up on my favorites list. The musicianship and live show presence was very amazing, and I look forward to enjoying more of the great Coheed and Cambria.

I'll scourge the internet to see if I can find the setlist for the show... so more soon.

Someone Else's Song...

2006-08-10T09:38:00.000-07:00

A list of cover versions of great songs by other great artists:

1. Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd):
-Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Transatlantic
-Welcome To The Machine - Shadows Fall
-Have A Cigar - Primus
-Wish You Were Here - Thom Yorke & Sparklehorse

2. Superstition (Stevie Wonder) - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

3. I Got A Woman (Ray Charles) - The John Mayer Trio

4. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) - Jeff Buckley

5. Golden Slumbers (The Beatles) - Ben Folds

6. Kid A (Radiohead) - John Mayer

7. All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan) - U2

8. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles) - Yellow Matter Custard

9. Paranoid Android (Radiohead) - Brad Mehldau

10. Twilight Time (The Platters) - Leo Kottke

11. Time (Tom Waits) - Tori Amos

12. Old Love (Eric Clapton) - John Mayer

13. Hurt (Nine Inch Nails) - Johhny Cash

14. Psycho Killer (Talking Heads) - Phish

15. Rockin' In The Free World (Neil Young) - Pearl Jam

16. Cactus (The Pixies) - David Bowie

17. The Song Remains The Same (Led Zeppelin) - Hammer of The Gods

18. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Pink Floyd) - O.S.I.

19. Such Great Heights (The Postal Service) - Iron & Wine

20. Bessie Smith (The Band) - Norah Jones

Jeff Buckley

2006-08-02T18:11:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago I got "Grace". What an interesting and complete album that is... I'll write more about my thoughts on this great artist, but in the meantime and for personal future reference I'm putting here the lyrics to Hallelujah and Lover, You Should've Come Over.

Hallelujah
By Leonard Cohen (© Stranger Music SOCAN)

I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music do you
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah...

Well your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrough ya
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

There was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me do ya
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Well, maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah...

Lover, You Should've Come Over

Looking out the door
I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations
As their shoes fill up with water
And maybe I'm too young
To keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so
(You'll never know)

I'm broken down and hungry for your love
With no way to feed it
Where are you tonight?
Child, you know how much I need it.
Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run

Sometimes a man gets carried away,
When he feels like he should be having his fun
And much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really,
He has no-one...

So I'll wait for you... And I'll burn oh
Will I ever see your sweet return,
Oh, will I ever learn
Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late.

Lonely is the room the bed is made
The open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one
Who dreams he had you with him
My body turns
And yearns for a sleep that will never come
It's never over,
My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over,
All my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her...
It's never over,
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over,
She is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever
Maybe I'm just too young
To keep good love from going wrong
Oh... lover you should've come over...
'Cause it's not too late...

I feel too young to hold on
I'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind
To see the damage I've done
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love I waited for you

Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

Mix Tapes - Compilations

2006-07-22T11:21:00.000-07:00

I found this quote from Nick Hornby's High Fidelity, regarding mix-tapes. It sure is an artform, and here he mentions some of the "rules"...

To me, making a tape is like writing a letter — there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again. A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You've got to kick off with a corker, to hold the attention (I started with "Got to Get You Off My Mind," but then realized that she might not get any further than track one, side one if I delivered what she wanted straightaway, so I buried it in the middle of side two), and then you've got to up it a notch, or cool it a notch, and you can't have white music and black music together, unless the white music sounds like black music, and you can't have two tracks by the same artist side by side, unless you've done the whole thing in pairs and...oh, there are loads of rules.

fun with playlists

2006-07-15T22:06:00.000-07:00

Now that I have an iPod, I've been having some fun with playlists. I like to have certain themes associated to them, and here I'll share some of the ones I like. Of course, they are based on the music that I have, but if you have additional suggestions, let me know.... *sure, as if anyone is reading this!!

RAIN SONGS
Gutters Full of Rain - David Gray
Covered In Rain - John Mayer
I Wish It Would Rain Now - Phil Collins
Rain King - Counting Crows
Tears and Rain - James Blunt
A Little Rain - Tom Waits
Another Rainy Night (Without You) - Queensrÿche
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
Standing in the Rain - Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart
Acid Rain - Liquid Tension Experiment
Standby (Looks Like Rain) - O.S.I.
Pluvius Aestivus of Summer Rain - Pain Of Salvation
Raining in Baltimore - Counting Crows
Dry the Rain - The Beta Band
Too Much Rain - Paul McCartney
Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains) - Ryan Adams
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

SCHNOOZIN'
Sleeping Beauty - A Perfect Circle
Dreamline - Rush
I Can't Sleep - The La's
Dreamin' - Amos Lee
Fever Dream - Iron & Wine
Was I In Your Dreams? - Wilco
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
Dreams - Van Halen
Go To Sleep (Little Man Being Erased) - Radiohead
Day On My Pillow - RPWL
Memory Daydreams Lapses - O.S.I.
The Bed Is Too Big Without You - The Police
Come Back To Bed - John Mayer
The dreaming tree - Dave Matthews Band
Sleep - RPWL
Boring machines disturbs sleep - Mogwai
Laid To Rest - Lamb Of God
Infinite Dreams - Iron Maiden
Sleeping In - The Postal Service
Don't Wake Me - The Black Crowes
Maria's Bed - Bruce Springsteen
Satan's Bed - Pearl Jam
St. Robinson In His Cadillac Dreams - Counting Crows
Camas vacias - Joaquín Sabina
We Walk in the Dream - Live
Lifting Shadows off a Dream - Dream Theater
Let me sleep - Pearl Jam
I'm Not Sleeping - Counting Crows
Sleep of No Dreaming - Porcupine Tree
Brothers On A Hotel Bed - Death Cab For Cutie
Nice Dream - Radiohead
The Sleep - Pantera
Only in Dreams - Weezer
I'm Only Sleeping - The Beatles
Slow Man's Dream - The Earlies
When You Wake up Feeling - Wilco
Dream On - Greg Brown
Wait for Sleep - Dream Theater

Mother Songs
The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know
Neil Young - New Mama
Pink Floyd - Mother
Bob Dylan - It's Alright Mama
U2 - Mothers of The Disappeared
Paul Simon - That Was Your Mother
Johnny Cash - Send a Picture of Mother
The Black Crowes - Ozone Mama
Tori Amos - Mother
Ozzy Osbourne - Mama I'm Coming Home
Live - Lightning Crashes

Music Collection Run-through

2006-07-15T11:57:00.000-07:00

This whole thing started when I saw a book called "1000 Albums You Must Listen to Before You Die", so I started thinking how long that would take. So on May 30th I started going through all of my music collection, in alphabetical order by album name (I thought that would be the best way to help the run through have more variety as I went along)

So here it goes:

May 30 2006
...But Seriously / Phil Collins
? / Neal Morse
10,000 Days / Tool

May 31 2006
A Change of Seasons / Dream Theater
A Ghost Is Born / Wilco
A Place In The Queue / The Tangent
A Pleasant Shade Of Gray / Fates Warning
A Rush Of Blood To The Head / Coldplay
A Twist Of Fate / John Arch (W/Jim Matheos & Mike Portnoy)
Abbey Road / The Beatles
Absolution / Muse
Add it Up (1981-1993) / The Violent Femmes

June 1 2006
AEnima / Tool
Alfie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart and Others
Alivio de Luto / Joaquin Sabina
All Songs Considered - NPR - Live in Concert May 10 2006 / Mogwai
All Songs Considered - NPR - Live in Concert Nov 30 2005 / Calexico W/ Iron & Wine
American III: Solitary Man / Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around / Johnny Cash

June 2 2006
Amnesiac / Radiohead
Amos Lee / Amos Lee
An All Star Salute to Iron Maiden / Various Artists
An Evening With... / John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
Animals / Pink Floyd
Anoraknophobia / Marillion
Antichrist Superstar / Marilyn Manson
Antología / Madredeus

June 3 2006
Ashes of The Wake / Lamb of God
At Folsom Prison / Johnny Cash
August and Everything After / Counting Crows

June 4 2006
Awake / Dream Theater

June 5 2006
Back To Bedlam / James Blunt
Back To Me / Kathleen Edwards
BE / Pain of Salvation
Before These Crowded Streets / Dave Matthews Band
Beggars Banquet / The Rolling Stones
Being There / Wilco
Binaural / Pearl Jam
Blackwater Park / Opeth

June 6 2006
Bootleg Train of Thought Tour 2004 - Toronto / Dream Theater

*** 666 day exception ***
The Number of The Beast / Iron Maiden

Brain Salad Surgery / Emerson Lake & Palmer
Brave / Marillion

June 7 2006
Brave New World / Iron Maiden
Bridge Across Forever / Transatlantic
Brothers In Arms / Dire Straits
Byrter Layter / Nick Drake
Busted Stuff / Dave Matthews Band
By The Way / Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Californication / Red Hot Chilli Peppers

June 8 2006
Canto / Los Super Seven
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard / Paul McCartney
Chutes Too Narrow / The Shins
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Cleaning Out The Closet / Dream Theater
Close To The Edge / Yes

June 9 2006
Clutching At Straws / Marillion
Cold Roses / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Cowboys From Hell / Pantera
Crash / Dave Matthews Band
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain / Pavement
Damnation / Opeth

June 10 2006
Dark Side Of The Moon / Pink Floyd
Day I Forgot / Pete Yorn
De-loused in The Comatorium / The Mars Volta
Dead Air For Radios / Chroma Key
Deadwing / Porcupine Tree
Delicate Sound of Thunder / Pink Floyd

June 11 2006
Deliverance / Opeth
Devils & Dust / Bruce Springsteen
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn / Bright Eyes

June 12 2006
Dímelo en la Calle / Joaquín Sabina
Discipline / King Crimson
Drops of Jupiter / Train
Elements of Persuasion / James Labrie
Elements / Steve Howe's Remedy
Ella & Louie / Ella Fitzgerald & Louie Armstrong
Elliott Smith / Elliott Smith

June 13 2006
Emergency on Planet Earth / Jamiroquai
Empire / Queensryche
Enhanced EP (Ca. YHF) / Wilco
Exile on Main Street / The Rolling Stones
Failer / Kathleen Edwards
Falling Into Infinity / Dream Theater

June 14 2006
Feels Like Home / Norah Jones
Fevers and Mirrors / Bright Eyes
Five Leaves Left / Nick Drake
Foxtrot / Genesis
Free / O.S.I.

June 15 2006
From A Basement On A Hill / Elliott Smith
From The Cradle / Eric Clapton
Garden State Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Various Artists
Ghost Reveries / Opeth
Give Up / The Postal Service
Graceland / Paul Simon
Greatest Hits / Bruce Springsteen
Greatest Hits / The Police

June 16 2006
Hail To The Thief / Radiohead
Happy Songs For Happy People / Mogwai
Hard Candy / Counting Crows
Heartbreaker / Ryan Adams
Heathen / David Bowie
Heavier Things / John Mayer
High Fidelity Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Various Artists

June 17 2006
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb / U2
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Bright Eyes
I am Sam Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Various Artists
Images & Words / Dream Theater
In Absentia / Porcupine Tree
Innuendo / Queen

June 18 2006
Jacksonville City Heights / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
The Joshua Tree / U2
Keep It Like A Secret / Built To Spill
Kicking Television: Live In Chicago / Wilco
Kid A / Radiohead
L'Absente / Yann Tiersen
La Noche / Presuntos Implicados
Lateralus / Tool

June 19 2006
Led Zeppelin Remasters / Led Zeppelin
Let It Be / The Beatles
Let It Bleed / The Rolling Stones
Lightbulb Sun / Porcupine Tree
Lions / The Black Crowes
Liquid Tension Experiment / LTE
Liquid Tension Experiment 2 / LTE

June 20 2006
Little Boy's Heavy Mental Shadow Opera About The Inhabitants Of His Diary / Abydos
Little Earthquakes / Tori Amos
Live / Leo Kottke
Live After Death / Iron Maiden
Live At Pompeii / Pink Floyd
Live At The BBC / The Beatles

June 21 2006
Live At The Marquee / Dream Theater
Live In Manchester / Norah Jones
Live Scenes From New York / Dream Theater
Los Super Seven / Los Super Seven

June 22 2006
Lost Dogs / Pearl Jam
Lost Treasures / Radiohead
Made In Japan / Deep Purple
Magical Mystery Tour / The Beatles
Marbles / Marillion

June 23 2006
Marzo en Veracruz / Unknown Artist
Master of Puppets (Official Live Cover Bootleg) / Dream Theater
Mer De Noms / A Perfect Circle
Mermaid Avenue Vol 1 / Billy Bragg & Wilco
Mermaid Avenue Vol 2 / Billy Bragg & Wilco
Mexico City - Dec 9 2005 - Live / Pearl Jam
Misplaced Childhood / Marillion

June 24 2006
Morningrise / Opeth
MTV Unplugged / Pearl Jam
My Arms, Your Hearse / Opeth
My Private Nation / Train
Nashville Sessions / Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
No Code / Pearl Jam
Nursery Cryme / Genesis

June 25 2006
O / Damien Rice
Octane / Spock's Beard
Octavarium / Dream Theater
Office of Strategic Influence / O.S.I.
Oh, Inverted World / The Shins
OK Computer / Radiohead

June 26 2006
On An Island / David Gilmour

June 27 2006
Once Upon A... / Cinderella
One / Neal Morse
One Night In NYC (A Tribute To The Beatles) / Yellow Matter Custard

Operation : Mindcrime / Queensrÿche

June 28 2006
Operation : Mindcrime II / Queensrÿche
Orchid / Opeth
Our Endless Numbered Days / Iron & Wine
Parachutes / Coldplay
Paradox Hotel (Room 111) / The Flower Kings

June 29 2006
Paradox Hotel (Room 222) / The Flower Kings
Pearl Jam / Pearl Jam
Peter Gabriel [1] / Peter Gabriel
Plans / Death Cab For Cutie
Portrait of The Abyss Within / Eldritch
Powerslave / Iron Maiden
Quelqu'un ma' dit / Carla Bruni

June 30 2006 (One Month mark! 176 Albums and counting)
Rattle & Hum / U2
Reckoning (disc 2) / Ani DiFranco
Recovering The Satellites / Counting Crows
Red / King Crimson
Remedy Lane / Pain of Salvation
Rid Of Me / PJ Harvey

July 1 2006
Riot Act / Pearl Jam
Room For Squares / John Mayer
Rubber Soul / The Beatles
Rush In Rio / Rush

July 2 2006
Scarlet's Walk / Tori Amos
Scenes From A Memory / Dream Theater
Secret Samadhi / Live
Secret World Live / Peter Gabriel

July 3 2006
Selling England By The Pound / Genesis
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son / Iron Maiden
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The Beatles
Shake Your Moneymaker / The Black Crowes
Signals / Rush
Signify / Porcupine Tree
Sing-A-Longs & Lullabies For The Film Curious George / Jack Johnson
Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence / Dream Theater
Sixty Six Steps / Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Skyline / Steve Howe
(200 album mark)

July 4 2006
SMPTe / Transatlantic
Snow / Spock's Beard
Soft Bulletin / The Flaming Lips
Some Devil / Dave Matthews
Somewhere In Time / Iron Maiden

July 5 2006
Sones Jarochos de Corazón / Conjunto Jarocho de Macario Cruz
Songs From Black Mountain / Live
Sonic Boulevard / Tomas Bodin
Specialist In All Styles / Orchestra Baobab
Stadium Arcadium / Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sticky Fingers / The Rolling Stones
Still Life / Opeth

July 6 2006
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea / PJ Harvey
Strange Little Girls / Tori Amos
Stranger Than Fiction / Bad Religion
Summerteeth / Wilco
Suspended Animation / John Petrucci

July 7 2006
Swordfish Trombones / Tom Waits
Synchestra / The Devin Townsend Band
Ten / Pearl Jam
The Bends / Radiohead
The Best of Van Halen Vol. 1 / Van Halen

July 8 2006
The Court Of The Crimson King / King Crimson
The Distance To Here / Live
The Division Bell / Pink Floyd
The Eraser / Thom Yorke
The Essential... / Bob Dylan
The Essential... / Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Formula For The Cure / RZA
The Ghost of Tom Joad / Bruce Springsteen
The Great Radio Controversy / Tesla
The La's / The La's

July 9 2006
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway / Genesis
The Light / Spock's Beard
The Music That Died Alone / The Tangent
The Number of The Beast (Live Cover Official Bootleg) / Dream Theater
The Perfect Element Part I / Pain Of Salvation

July 10 2006
The Photo Album / Death Cab For Cutie
The Power To Believe / King Crimson
The Return of The Space Cowboy / Jamiroquai
The Rising / Bruce Springsteen

July 11 2006
no full albums today

July 12 2006

The Sky Moves Sideways / Porcupine Tree

July 13 2006
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion / The Black Crowes

July 14 2006
The Three E.P.'s / The Beta Band
The Ultimate Collection / The Who
The Wall / Pink Floyd
The War Within / Shadows Fall
The White Album / The Beatles

July 15 2006
*yet another exception to the order rule*
I got most of Laurie Anderson's discography, and I dedicated today to listening to it.

Big Science
Bright Red
Home of The Brave
Life on a String
Live in New York
Mister Heartbreak
Strange Angels
The Ugly One With The Jewels and Other Stories

July 16 2006
There Is Nothing Left To Loose / Foo Fighters
These Were The Earlies / The Earlies
Thirteenth Step / A Perfect Circle
This Desert Life / Counting Crows
Throwing Copper / Live
Tommy / The Who
Train / Train
Train of Thought / Dream Theater
Transatlanticism / Death Cab For Cutie
Trilogy / Emerson Lake & Palmer
Try! / John Mayer Trio

July 17 2006
Tug of War / Enchant
Two Nights In Northamerica - Hammer Of The Gods
Uh Huh Her / PJ Harvey
Under The Pink / Tori Amos
Undertow / Tool

July 18 2006
Unearthed / Johnny Cash
Up The Downstair / Porcupine Tree
V / Spock's Beard
VH1 Storytellers / Tom Waits
Vitalogy / Pearl Jam
Vs. / Pearl Jam

July 19 2006
Vulgar Display of Power / Pantera
Waking Life Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Tosca Tango Orchestra
Warzawa / Porcupine Tree
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions / Bruce Springsteen
Weezer (The Blue Album) / Weezer

July 20 2006
When Dream and Day Reunite (Official Bootleg) / Dream Theater
*When Dream and Day Unite / Dream Theater* [skipped this one]
Who's Next / The Who

July 21 2006
Wish You Were Here / Pink Floyd
With The Beatles / The Beatles
World Through My Eyes / RPWL
X & Y / Coldplay
X.O. / Elliott Smith
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot / Wilco

July 22 2006
Yield / Pearl Jam
You Go Now / Chroma Key
You in Reverse / Built To Spill
You Really Got Me: The Best of The Kinks / The Kinks

THAT'S IT!!

Well, there are lots of individual tracks here and there, but in terms of Albums that about makes it. I'll post the stats on this little excersise at a later time.